1951–52 DDR-Oberliga

For other uses, see 1951–52 Oberliga (disambiguation).

The 1951–52 DDR-Oberliga was the third season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

DDR-Oberliga

Season	1951–52
Champions	BSG Turbine Halle
Relegated	Fortschrit Meerane BSG Stahl Altenburg BSG Motor Wismar Einheit Pankow
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1,233 (3.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rudolf Krause, Kurt Weißenfels (27)^[1]
Total attendance	3,620,000^[2]
Average attendance	10,585^[2]
← 1950–51 1952–53 →

The league was contested by 19 teams and BSG Turbine Halle won the championship, the club's second one after 1949.^[3][4]

Rudolf Krause of BSG Chemie Leipzig and Kurt Weißenfels of Lokomotive Stendal were the league's joint top scorer with 27 goals each.^[5] The season also saw the most goals ever scored in the history of the Oberliga with 1,233, 55 goals more than the previous one.^[2]

The 1951–52 season saw the highest spectator number of any DDR-Oberliga season with a total of 3,620,000, in line with the record number of season games played, 342.^[2]

Table

The 1951–52 season saw two newly promoted clubs, Wismut Aue and Motor Wismar while SV VP Vorwärts Leipzig was newly formed and admitted to the league.^[6] SV VP Vorwärts Leipzig would change its name to SV Vorwärts der HVA Leipzig later in the season.^[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	BSG Turbine Halle (C)	36	21	11	4	80	42	+38	53	League champions
2	SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden	36	23	3	10	79	53	+26	49	FDGB-Pokal winners
3	BSG Chemie Leipzig	36	19	9	8	90	53	+37	47
4	BSG Rotation Dresden	36	19	8	9	73	44	+29	46
5	BSG Motor Zwickau	36	17	11	8	71	50	+21	45
6	BSG Rotation Babelsberg	36	18	6	12	75	58	+17	42
7	BSG Wismut Aue	36	15	10	11	75	62	+13	40
8	BSG Turbine Erfurt	36	17	5	14	58	47	+11	39
9	BSG Aktivist Brieske-Ost	36	16	6	14	72	74	−2	38
10	BSG Lokomotive Stendal	36	16	5	15	70	69	+1	37
11	BSG Motor Oberschöneweide	36	14	7	15	53	66	−13	35
12	BSG Motor Dessau	36	14	6	16	67	69	−2	34
13	BSG Stahl Thale	36	12	7	17	52	59	−7	31
14	BSG Motor Gera	36	11	9	16	56	72	−16	31
15	SV Vorwärts der HVA Leipzig	36	10	10	16	57	60	−3	30
16	BSG Fortschritt Meerane (R)	36	10	6	20	66	89	−23	26	Relegation to DDR-Liga
17	BSG Motor Wismar (R)	36	10	4	22	55	77	−22	24
18	BSG Stahl Altenburg (R)	36	8	5	23	46	95	−49	21
19	BSG Einheit Pankow (R)	36	5	6	25	38	94	−56	16

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ABO	CHM	DVD	PAN	MEE	LST	DES	GER	OBE	WIS	ZWI	BAB	ROT	ALT	THA	ERF	HAL	VLE	AUE
Aktivist Brieske-Ost		2–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	6–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	6–2	5–3	1–1	1–5	0–2	3–2	4–1
Chemie Leipzig	1–1		1–0	5–1	8–1	0–1	2–2	5–2	4–0	7–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	4–1	6–0	2–1	4–2
Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden	3–2	1–5		1–1	6–0	1–3	2–5	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–2	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	6–1	4–1
Einheit Pankow	1–2	1–1	1–3		2–1	2–2	0–9	1–4	0–0	4–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	3–1	3–2	1–3	2–5	0–1	1–4
Fortschritt Meerane	7–2	5–1	0–2	1–1		2–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–3	5–3	0–1	2–4	3–1	2–3	3–2	1–3	4–0	2–2
Lokomotive Stendal	2–2	2–3	2–4	3–2	5–1		2–4	3–2	1–1	3–0	3–2	2–0	3–1	7–0	1–0	1–0	0–3	4–1	1–1
Motor Dessau	7–1	3–2	1–2	1–0	0–5	3–0		1–3	2–1	4–3	0–3	0–5	0–1	1–2	2–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	2–3
Motor Gera	2–0	1–2	0–4	5–2	1–0	1–1	2–2		3–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–2	5–0	2–1	0–1	0–5	2–1	1–1
Motor Oberschöneweide	2–1	5–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–5	3–1	2–1		5–2	0–2	6–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–1
Motor Wismar	3–3	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–3	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–1		4–0	2–1	0–1	5–3	1–2	1–2	2–2	0–2	4–3
Motor Zwickau	4–2	1–1	1–4	4–0	2–1	3–0	5–2	2–2	4–0	1–0		1–1	3–1	3–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	4–2
Rotation Babelsberg	5–0	5–0	1–3	2–2	4–4	3–2	1–2	3–2	3–0	3–1	3–2		3–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	0–1
Rotation Dresden	3–1	2–3	0–2	3–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	9–0	3–2	2–1	0–0	1–0		7–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–2
Stahl Altenburg	0–2	3–3	2–4	5–1	5–3	2–3	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–5	4–1	0–3		0–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	3–1
Stahl Thale	1–0	3–1	3–4	2–0	3–0	4–2	2–1	2–2	2–3	3–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–1		5–0	1–4	2–2	1–1
Turbine Erfurt	1–2	0–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	3–0	7–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–0		1–2	2–1	1–3
Turbine Halle	4–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	3–1	0–0	3–2	1–1	3–2	0–0	3–1	2–2	6–0	2–0	0–0		1–1	3–3
Vorwärts HVA Leipzig	3–1	0–3	5–1	6–0	3–0	1–2	0–1	3–3	5–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	2–1		3–0
Wismut Aue	4–1	1–1	5–0	2–1	3–2	4–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	2–3	5–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	2–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. fuwo, page: 93
2. fuwo, page: 23
3. "East Germany - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
4. "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
5. "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 19 January 2016.
6. "East Germany 1946-1990". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
7. "DDR » Oberliga 1951/1952" [DDR-Oberliga 1951–52]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 19 January 2016.

Sources

• "Das war unser Fußball im Osten" [This was our football in the East]. Fußball-Woche (fuwo) (in German). Berlin: Axel-Springer-Verlag. 1991.

External links

• Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv (in German) Historic German league tables